Artur Boruc has been forced to defend the ticket pricing for his emotional farewell match against Celtic this month. The Scottish Premiership champions are heading to Warsaw for a friendly against the legendary keeper’s former club Legia.
Boruc is being rewarded for eight years service at the Ekstraklasa club which will also form part of Ange Postecoglou’s pre-season plans. However, fans of the Polish side have slammed the cost of briefs for the match at the Marshall Jozef Pilsudski's Municipal Stadium on July 20. The tickets are priced between 60 and 75 Polish zlotys - just £11 and £15 - which is double what Legia Warsaw fans would be charged for marquee European matches. Livi Legia fans - who have snapped up just 3000 tickets - stated: "We note the ticket prices for Artur Boruc's game against Celtic with astonishment and embarrassment.
"It's as if the previous season has been wiped from the memory of those who run the club - no apologies, no explanations and hiding their heads n the sand. They had a chance of honouring Artur with a full stadium, but nothing. The people in charge of our club are able to spoil everything. The desire to feed on the fans' great sympathy for Artur Boruc is embarrassing and is below the belt."
According to Krzysztof Stanowski of Polish TV sports channel Kanal Sportowy, the prices are down to Boruc’s personal demands. He wrote on Twitter: “Legia has very high organisational costs related to Boruc’s farewell match. Boruc himself could easily make these costs much lower. And then ticket prices would certainly be lower.
However, Boruc took to his own social media account in a bid to calm the controversy as he posted a video message. And he said: “I would like to now quickly end the ticket price scandal. I would just like to clarify one thing… there is nothing to f*** about here. If you want, I invite you, come to the game. If not, thank you, have fun at home.”
Boruc hasn't been helped by the mood among the supporters following a tenth place finish in the league last season which means there will be no European football. The 42-year-old spent five years at Parkhead, winning three Scottish Premiership titles, one Scottish Cup and two League Cups and was also part of the side that qualified for the Champions League last-16 in two consecutive years.
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